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Crochet Club: late summer daisy garland

Kate Eastwood’s glorious garland of daisies will look beautiful festooned over a mirror, brightening up a bed or looped across your kitchen window!

As September starts there’s nothing lovelier than seeing all the late summer flowers appearing before autumn arrives, and with this in mind I have designed a daisy garland, with a nod to the arrival of those autumn colours.

For my garland I used Sublime Egyptian Cotton DK, 1 ball x 0321 (White), and 1 ball x 0385 (Apricot). You will also need a small amount of stuffing for the crochet beads and a length of ribbon to string the garland. I worked with a 3mm hook, and this tutorial is written in UK crochet terms. You can convert to US terminology using these handy conversion tables.

To make the daisies:

Begin by making a Magic Ring, and work 8 DC into the ring.

Pull the ring closed and SL ST to join.

Now work 2 DC in to each stitch. 16sts.

SL ST to join and finish off. Sew in the ends.

Join in your second colour and chain 7. Beginning in the 2nd chain from the hook work 6 DC, bringing you back to the beginning of the chain.

SL ST in to the next stitch.

Now chain 7 again and work the petal as before.

Continue making petals around the circle. I found 15 petals to be about the right amount, leaving you a stitch to SL ST back into to. Finish off. Sew in your ends.

I decided to block and stiffen my daisies, which I did by spraying them with an ironing starch spray and then pinning them out onto a board to dry for a couple of days.

To make the crochet beads:

Round 1: Make a Magic Ring and work 6 DC into the ring.

Pull the ring closed and SL ST to join.

Round 2: Work 2 DC in to each stitch 12 sts.

Round 3: Working in a continuous round, DC 36.

Round 4: Decrease 6 times, 6sts. Finish off leaving a long tail.

Stuff the bead and using a needle and the tail of yarn, run a gathering thread around the bottom of the bead and pull closed. Finish off and sew in the ends.

Once you have made your required number of daisies and beads simply thread them on to a length of ribbon and they are ready to be hung!

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About the Author

Kate Eastwood Living just outside Bath, Kate is fortunate enough to be able to indulge two of her biggest loves -- living right in the middle of the countryside but within easy distance of retail therapy. When not working at her nursery school she loves nothing more than a day of pootling around, with crochet, sofa and tea being right at the top of the list.